Colli Lanuvini

Colli Lanuvini is an appellation in Italy in Genzano Di Roma and Lanuvio. The rules allow white and red wine. Regional bedrock: intermediate volcanic rocks. It lies 1.6 km south of Lanuvio and 8 km north-east of Aprilia.

The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Type

DOP (DOC/DOCG)

Category

Sparkling Wine/Wine

Protected since

1973-09-18

Area

6,157 ha registered outline

Extent N–S × E–W

13.08 × 7.63 km

Centre

41.6595° N, 12.6998° E

Grapes

Abbuoto, Aglianico, Alicante, Ancellotta, Barbera, Bellone, Biancolella, Bombino Bianco, Bombino Nero, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Calabrese, Canaiolo Bianco, Canaiolo Nero, Capolongo, Carignano, Cesanese Comune, Ciliegiolo, Falanghina, Fiano, Forastera, Grechetto, Grechetto Rosso, Greco, Greco Bianco, Guarnaccia, Lambrusco Maestri, Lecinaro, Malvasia Bianca Di Candia, Malvasia Bianca Lunga, Malvasia Del Lazio, Manzoni Bianco, Maturano, Merlot, Montepulciano, Montonico Bianco, Moscato Bianco, Moscato Di Terracina, Moscato Giallo, Mostosa, Nero Buono, Olivella Nera, Pampanaro, Passerina, Pecorino, Petit Manseng, Petit Verdot, Piedirosso, Pinot Bianco, Pinot Nero, Primitivo, Riesling Italico, Riesling Renano, Sangiovese, Sauvignon, Sciascinoso, Semillon, Syrah, Tannat, Tempranillo, Tocai Friulano, Trebbiano Di Soave, Trebbiano Giallo, Trebbiano Toscano, Verdello, Verdicchio Bianco, Vermentino, Vernaccia Di S. Giminiano, Viognier

Other grapes

Cesanese D Affile, Cesenese Nero

Max yield

101.5 hl/ha

Min planting density

3,300 vines/ha

Irrigation

Prohibited

Where it is

Nearest town

1.6 km south of Lanuvio

Nearest city

8 km north-east of Aprilia 74,977 people

To the sea

18 km

Same latitude

Kakheti (Georgia), Loess Hills District (United States), South Islands (Canada)

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation

66–520 m

Mean elevation

190 m

Mean slope

4.4° (8 %)

Steepest tenth

above 9°

Faces

south

Measured over the whole outline on 76,273 elevation cells of about 29 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Wines and grape rules

Bedrock

• Intermediate volcanic rocks86%
• Unconsolidated sediments14%

Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.

Communes · 2

• Genzano Di Roma
• Lanuvio

Sources

EU register of geographical indications